Avast fined $16.5 million by FTC for selling user browsing data to advertisers
Avast harvested customers' data while promising them privacy
Apple pays $13.7 million fine to Russian government over App Store monopoly charge
Just as Russia raises more money for its war in Ukraine
Adobe is being investigated by the FTC over dubious subscription cancellations
Adobe has a reputation for having a difficult cancellation process
Banned robocallers receive record-breaking $300 million fine for auto-warranty scam enterprise
Beats the previous record of $225 million
Amazon agrees to $5.8 million FTC settlement over Ring privacy violations that include employees spying on customers
Female users were spied on for months using cameras in their bedrooms and bathrooms
Kim Kardashian agrees to pay $1.26 million settlement for crypto promotion post
Kardashian has a net worth of $1.8 billion
SEC fines Morgan Stanley $35 million after exposing customer data on 1,000 auctioned hard drives
This is why we can't have nice things
Robinhood is nearly $300 million down, lays off a quarter of its staff, and gets hit with $30 million fine
The definition of a bad week
Russia hits Google with $373 million fine for not removing "prohibited" YouTube videos
But will Google pay it?
Russia fines four Western companies for not storing data locally
Four companies received modest fines
Intel demands $625 million in interest from the EU after antitrust fine is overturned
Intel isn't letting the Commission off the hook
FTC fines Twitter $150 million for using account security data to sell targeted ads
The FTC doesn't care that it was an "error"
FCC goes easy on a robocaller by proposing slap-on-the-wrist fine of $45 million
It seems light for over 500,000 nuisance calls
Facebook fined $70 million by UK regulators for not cooperating on Giphy acquisition investigation
UK's competition and markets authority claims Facebook refused to provide information after several warnings
Apple hit with $12 million fine by Italian regulator over iPhone water resistance claims
A drop in the ocean for Apple
French authorities fine Apple $1.2 billion over anti-competitive practices
Cupertino plans to appeal the 'disheartening' decision
Microsoft settles on $26 million fine over Hungarian bribery and corruption charges
Barely a slap on the wrist
Senators not happy over reported $5 billion Facebook agreement with the FTC
Lawmakers want answers, including how the commission calculated the fine
Facebook's $5 billion fine adds $10 billion to company's value
This isn't how punishment is meant to work
Facebook sets aside $3 billion in expectation of FTC fine, user numbers continue to grow
A slap on the wrist for a company as big as Facebook
EU hits Google with $1.7 billion fine for "abusive" online advertising practices
Another multi-billion dollar fine for the company
TikTok hit with $5.7 million FTC fine for allegedly violating the privacy of children
The app has now launched a separate experience for kids
Russia says Facebook and Twitter are violating its laws by not storing data in the country
The pair could face big fines or even bans
